Christmas at the Seminary 2025

Join the Seminary Chorus for Christmas at the Seminary, a service of lessons and carols, at 3:00pm and 7:00pm on Sunday, December 14, 2025. The annual Christmas concert includes traditional and modern anthems for choir, hymns, and ...

Christian Authors Live Event

If you're in the Milwaukee area on Thursday, September 10, 2026, Northwestern Publishing House is hosting a free event at the Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary Chapel, featuring a presentation by NPH author Professor Stephen H. Geiger ...

Learn it and Live it and Learn it and Live it.

This is an abridged version of a newsletter article that Rev. Nathanael Scharf shared with his congregation, St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, in New Ulm, MN, in the summer of 2026. Paul encouraged Timothy to continue ...

AI Presentation Theo ED Talk

Who is you? And does that matter? Artificial intelligence has made it possible to give the impression that something is from “you” when in fact the source is only a machine. Does that matter? AI ...

Symposium 2026

Join us at Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary on September 21–22 for Symposium 2026: What Is Man? Answers from Lutheran Anthropology. View the full details and register online today!

There’s Still Time to Register for Fall Online Courses!

Summer is evaporating, and pastors are gearing up for the post-summer season with all that it brings. As calendars begin to fill, let continuing education be a scheduled part of your week. This fall’s courses ...

Professional Development Plan

The Grow in Grace Professional Development Plan (PDP) on MyWELS Cloud can be updated at any time. We encourage pastors to review and update their PDP each summer when updating their WELS profile and to discuss ...

The Doctrine of Atonement: From Luther to Forde

Each week in worship, thousands of Lutheran pastors and their congregations participate in public confession and absolution. It is at the heart of our proclamation of Law and Gospel, prepares the worshipers to be at peace in the presence of ...

Four Branches—July 2026

Jump to: Exegetical Systematic Historical Practical Exegetical Theology: The Righteous One of Psalm 34: “Not One of His Bones Will Be Broken”  Psalm 34 opens in the first person. “I will extol the LORD at all times. . . . ...

Thank, Praise, Serve, and Obey: Recovering the Joys of Piety

Piety is not an ugly word. That should not be a provocative statement. Yet, to some, piety seems like an ugly word. Maybe it is simply a sense that the word is laden with connotations ...